Crusher question

[Maheesh]

For those who have a motorized crusher destemmer, have you adjusted the
Roller width or left it as is?

 

[ibglowin]

I left mine as is when I added a motor to my manual crusher. I just increase or decrease the speed as necessary.

 

[Neb Farmer]

I have a Grifo crusher/destemmer , and I've left the roller gap unadjusted. It seemed to be gapped just right for the grapes I crush. ( sangiovese , nebbiolo , and riesling. )

 

[NorCal]

I adjusted mine all the way out. I wanted as gentle of a crush as possible, specifically trying to avoid crushing seeds. There are however some downsides. A % of the grapes will go through uncrushed and isn't until pressing that the juice/sugar is released. It will go dry in the coming days/weeks, but something to be cognizant about.

I found this doesn’t work too well with whites, as it hurts the yield, with the type of press I have.

 

[Maheesh]

Also, how do you move yours? I tried to pick it off the pallet, weighs a ton…gonna have to hit the gym?

 

[distancerunner]

We adjust the roller width to the size of the berries.

This year we acquired a variable speed motor. We'll try adjusting for speed, too. Should make for an interesting crush.